Mark 2:7

Mark 2:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
• New International Version (NIV)“Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

Context of Mark 2:7

5Yeshua, seeing their faith, said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” 6But some of the Torah scholars were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, “Why does this fellow speak like this? He blasphemes! Who can pardon sins but God alone?” 8Immediately Yeshua, knowing in His spirit that they were raising questions this way within themselves, said to them, “Why are you questioning these things in your hearts? 9Which is easier, to say to the paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, and take your mat and walk’?

Mark 2:7 word by word

τί οὗτος οὕτως λαλεῖ; βλασφημεῖ· τίς δύναται ἀφιέναι ἁμαρτίας εἰ μὴ εἷς ὁ θεός;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whyτίςtis · which?G5101
• dothλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• thusοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• blasphemiesβλασφημίαblasphēmia · blasphemyG988
• canδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• forgiveἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: forgiveG863
• sinsἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
• butεἰei · if: notG1487
• butμήmē · notG3361
• Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• onlyεἷςheis · oneG1520

Cross-references for Mark 2:7

• Mark 14:64You’ve heard the blasphemy. What seems right to you?” Then all condemned Him as deserving death.
• Matthew 9:3Then some of the Torah scholars said among themselves, “This fellow blasphemes!”
• Matthew 26:65Then the kohen gadol tore his clothes and said, “Blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, you’ve heard the blasphemy.
• John 10:33The Judean leaders answered, “We aren’t stoning you for a good work, but for blasphemy. Though You are a man, You make Yourself God!”
• Job 14:4Who can make something pure out of the impure? No one!
• Psalms 130:4For with You there is forgiveness, so You may be revered.
• Isaiah 43:25I, I am the One who blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and will not remember your sins.
• Daniel 9:9The Lord our God is compassionate and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against Him.
• Micah 7:18Who is a God like You pardoning iniquity, overlooking transgression, for the remnant of His heritage? He will not retain His anger forever, because He delights in mercy.
• Luke 5:21Then the Torah scholars and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this fellow speaking blasphemies? Who can pardon sins but God alone?”
• Luke 7:49But those who were reclining at table with Him began to say to one another, “Who is this, who even forgives sins?”
• John 20:20After He said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

Commentaries on Mark 2:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? - See this explained Matthew 9:3; (note), etc.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3-12Verses 3-12 See this miracle explained in Matthew 9:2-8. Palsy - See the notes at Matthew 4:24. Borne of four - Carried upon a couch Matthew 9:2 by four men. Mark 2:4 The press - The crowd, the multitude of people. Jesus was probably in the large open area or hall in the center of the house. See the notes at Matthew 9:2. The people pressed into the area, and blocked up the door so that they could not have access to him. They uncovered the roof where he…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7Only God can forgive sins, yet Jesus had authority to do so (2:10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?--In this second question they expressed a great truth. (See Is 43:25; Mi 7:18; Ex 34:6, 7, &c.). Nor was their first question altogether unnatural, though in our Lord's sole case it was unfounded. That a man, to all appearances like one of themselves, should claim authority and power to forgive sins, they could not, on the first blush of it, but regard as in the last degree…Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 2:7

• Blasphemy
• Falsehood
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Sin
• Unbelief

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Blaspheme
• Blasphemy
• Palsy
• Press
• Forgiveness
• Jesus Christ
• Mark, the Gospel According to

Commentaries on Mark 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings